Chrysostom, An Address on Vainglory and the Right Way for Parents to Bring Up Their Children
Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople
Number of quotes: 5
Book ID: 12 Page: 7
Section: 4B,2E2
14. There is but one kind of place that is shameful, I mean the possession of great wealth, and that is shameful indeed.
Quote ID: 210
Time Periods: 4
Book ID: 12 Page: 8
Section: 4B,2E2
17. …no one takes thought for his children, no one discourses to them about virginity and sobriety or about contempt of wealth and fame, or of the precepts laid down in the Scriptures.
Quote ID: 211
Time Periods: 4
Book ID: 12 Page: 17
Section: 1B,4B
48. And do not, I pray, follow Greek customs. It is a great disgrace and laughable when in a Christian household some Greek pagan customs are observed; …
Quote ID: 212
Time Periods: 34
Book ID: 12 Page: 19
Section: 2E2
56. Here strict laws are needed, the first being: Never send thy son to the theater that he may not suffer utter corruption through his ears and eyes. And when he is abroad in the open squares, his attendant must be especially watchful as he passes through the alleys and must warn the boy of this, so that he may never suffer this corruption.57. That he may not suffer it by his own appearance must have our careful thought. We must remove the chief part of his physical charm by clipping the locks on his head all round to attain sever simplicity. If the boy complain because he is being deprived of this charm, let him learn first of all that the greatest charm is simplicity.
Quote ID: 213
Time Periods: 4
Book ID: 12 Page: 24
Section: 2E2
79. Well then, as I said before, never allow any maid to approach him or to serve him, save it be a slave of advancing years, an old woman. And let us guide the conversation to the kingdom of Heaven and to those men of old, pagan or Christian, who were illustrious for their self-restraint.{42} Let us constantly flood his ears with talk of them. If we should also have servants of sober conduct, let us draw comparisons also from them, saying how absurd to have so sober a servant, while the free man is inferior to him in conduct. There is another remedy yet. Which is that? Let him also learn to fast, not indeed all the while, but on two days of the week, on Wednesday and Friday.{43}
Quote ID: 215
Time Periods: 45
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